THE DENA WIND The winds, they blow down thru the canyon Blowing so wild and free And the night is my only companion As they're blowing La Dena to me Blowing in the wind Canyons in the wind Fire is in the wind of my life Questions in…

CRY, CRY CRISTI Cristi reads books about radio She sits the children of light Had a child of her own once down in Mexico Now, her body's a dead end at night Cry. Cry, Cristi Tho she left, she's hardly gone I find so much of her still…

CEDRICK Key G Open G tuning (GGDGBD) He gave me 2 rings. Silver with turquoise insets. That was 1974. We were moving from Oregon to Texas in an old Dodge school bus. Towing the Chevy Van behind it. Unhitched the van when we stopped in Albuquerque…

ASA I met a man named Asa today Sweeping an apartment hall way A washer of windows. A painter of walls He moves when the manager calls I was in San Francisco. Visiting with a friend I was at the door, about to walk in Saw this fella…

CHILD OF MY RESTLESS DREAMS I saw Annah last night When she rose to hug me I saw that she was with child I saw Annah last night And she looked so happy I had to stay for a while Should I be happy Or should I morn another stranded soul…

This is my adaptation of a poem by Rosemarie Kempton. "I always felt that it was fitting that you turned the poem I wrote into a poignant hymn that captured the feeling of loss of a loved one. My words sprang from my attempts to understand…

(C) 2007 Royal T Music

A CASTLE IN THE SAND (C) 2007 Royal T Music

PEGGY'S GONE Key of F Peggy’s gone. After 29 years. Three grown children. What am I doing here. Why am I still alive? What am I supposed to do? I ask myself. I’m asking you. Peggy’s gone. She says it’s for good I say, “That’s bad,” but…

(C) 2007 Royal T Music

(C) 2007 Royal T Music

THE POWER OF GOOD-BYE I guess I've always been a sissy I smash my finger and I cry And when you say that you don't miss me I wonder at The power of Good-bye I know a man should never crumble The faith he claims, it will deny…

I DO - capo @ 3 in C C Dm You made the stars disappear G C G You said the words that I most feared C stepping down to G...C Why in the world…

SHE LAUGHS She laughs. I can hear her thru the wall She laughs Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha....... (C) 2007 Royal T Music True's bedroom is thru the wall from mine.

COLD LIZARD There's a lizard, crawls out on the porch Hops up on this wagon wheel hub, suns himself Then, the other day a cloud came over You know, lizards are cold-blooded And this wasn't just any cloud This was like darkness There…

I CAN'T GO TO WORK TODAY I can't go to work today I can't face the men I can't go back to work today I'm never going back again... (...and I didn't.) (C) 2007 Royal T Music When Peggy told me she was leaving me for Doug Kirk, the…

HER DOG Alright, everybody gather 'round. Got it? Here we go. Her dog is old. She ;listens as it coughs He sobers on the hardwood floor and then he licks the sloper off. She swears the day is coming when she'll take him to the vet But…

BACK TO ONCE UPON A TIME What does it profit a man to win the whole world and lose his girl? A man must have a reason. A poet needs a rhyme To make it thru a dark season, back to Once Upon A Time The seasons pass so slowly as the seeds push…

(C) 2007 Royal T Music

(C) 2007 Royal T Music

HERE COMES LONELY A Rick Babb song Ronnie says it's over. I don't believe I'm not willing to give up I'm not ready to see She's made up her mind She's counted to three Here comes Lonely Ronnie says it's over. I understand It's been…

(C) 2007 Royal T Music

WHEN THE HEART IS SILENT When the heart is silent The mind must tell the truth That's the only way For the heart to make it thru The mind must be the guardian The keeper of the fire The heart can not stay silent Or it will expire…

(C) 2007 Royal T Music

(C) 2007 Royal T Music

She lies alone. She's crying. The truth hit her like a rock A rock thrown thru her window The window to her heart His eyes told her a story And she believed it, every word She made plans to leave forever Her time was over on this earth…

This is one of my favorite Gary Ogan songs. I recorded it shortly after Peggy left back in 2007. Don't remember why I just did half of it. © 1977 Gary Ogan

(C) 2007 Royal T Music

We were lying in the meadow Holding on so tight Irises expanded Drinking in the light All things were in order Nothing outta place Cut me on the shoulder As it flashed across her face It was a falling star It was a falling star I lost…

(C) 2007 Royal T Music

(C) 2007 Royal T Music

where I cut out the seven layers to make the monkey songs Mon-Key is the album :) well this is what was left after the lifting off of seven layers.

where the last two songs were mixed into the ambient thing then more ad libby dibby dribble stuff at the end fast fat and fluidlike ;ooo

(C) 2008 Royal T Music

WINNER TAKE ALL For every singer that’s famous There must be a couple that ain’t Well, he was a wasn’t but also he wasn’t The kind to be thing he can’t So, he got him a job on the radio Spinning’ records and speaking’ his mind Singing…

AGELESS ANGEL Capo @ 2 Key Am Intro – Am/ Am -/ Am - Bass G (3) Am Bass F/ E Am FM7 Am FM7 Thru the early morning curtain, muted light of new sun rays C G E Am Falls on you and I’m not certain. Is that your early-morning face? In…

Fort Worth Shoeshine I was shining his shoes when he asked me strait out, “What kind of place is this Fort Worth town? What kind of people live here and what do they do? I’m gonna be in town for a week or two.” I spoke right up with my…

(C) 2008 Royal T Music

The last time I saw Grandpa was fifty years ago Palmdale, California. I was 4 years old He was stooped and withered. A worn-out little man. I remember him the best I can I swear I just saw Grandpa in Daddy's barn just now Out beyond the…

HELLO G C You’re some kind of prophet, I’ll give you that D G But now what I need is a nurse G C An emergency entrance, can you show me that D…